but they kept on crying out, saying, “Crucify, crucify Him!”
Parallel translations
- WEB but they shouted, saying, “Crucify! Crucify him!”
- KJV But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
- BSB but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
- NKJV But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
- NLT But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”
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Quick answer
The crowd shouted for Jesus to be crucified. Their cry reveals the hardened rejection of the Messiah by His own people.
Overview
The people answer Pilate's appeal with insistent demands for crucifixion. Crucifixion was the most shameful and agonizing of Roman executions, reserved for the worst offenders. That they sought this death for the sinless Son of God displays the depth of human sin and the cost of redemption, for He would bear the curse of the tree on our behalf (Galatians 3:13).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Mark 15:13They cried out again, “Crucify him!”
- Matt 27:22–25Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”
- John 19:15They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”
- Luke 23:23But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. Their voices and the voices of the chief priests prevailed.
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